Over the next 18 months the company will install five of its SGcore products, which will manage generation (and potentially electric vehicle charging) in London.

“SGcore is a Smart Grid platform for deploying Applications to manage different parts of the electrical grid. We have developed these Applications to enable more renewable generators and other low-carbon technologies, such as energy storage and electric vehicles, to connect within the constraints of existing electricity networks. SGcore provides a new way of managing the grid in real-time that can be used to overcome some of the barriers facing low carbon technology deployment,” says Technical Director Dr Bob Currie.

UK Power Network’s Low Carbon London project will run until mid 2014, and is part of a series of four Smart Grid initiatives in the UK recently announced by Ofgem, which are aimed at accelerating the deployment of Smart Grid technology and facilitating industry learning.